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dangermousie

On Atonement, Bednaya Nastya and Why Why Love

Sep 12, 2007 23:27

Note to Self: reading bits of Atonement in the store during lunch is a bad idea as you will end up having red eyes ( Read more... )

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seven_trees September 13 2007, 04:39:54 UTC

If you ever get into Capital Scantal get in touch with me. I have a lot of squeeing and fangirling for that show that needs to come out.

dangermousie September 14 2007, 03:17:15 UTC

I definitely will :)

carviangli September 13 2007, 12:52:27 UTC

Oh god. I LOVE atonement. I have the book at home and I read it last year some time and guuuh...you articulated my EXACT thoughts of the book in this post.

Cecilia and Robbie are just so amazing together...and so tragic and sad. I could never forgive my sister(and vice versa for myself and her) if something like that happened.
Briony annoyed me beyond anything I can properly convey and yes I completely agree. Her writing a book was to ease her guilt not to atone...she didn't come close to that for the crime she committed.

I can't believe that a child's selfishness, jealousy and eagerness to be the "centre of attention" would lead to such devastating consequences...it was so sad and disappointing.

...And I was so disappointed when she didn't ever reveal the real rapist..not even at Lola's wedding...um wtf?! Poor Robbie had that hanging over him wherever he went...

*sigh*

I can't wait for the movie..James McAvoy is the perfect Robbie and Keira will be a perfect Cecilia:P

dangermousie September 14 2007, 03:17:53 UTC

I can't believe that a child's selfishness, jealousy and eagerness to be the "centre of attention" would lead to such devastating consequences...it was so sad and disappointing.

Exactly. And she never really did anything practical to fix it, either. Ugh.

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dangermousie September 14 2007, 03:18:27 UTC

It's one of those books that I love but that also makes me want to hit things. So yes, my Briony hate gets in the way of my enjoyment, too.

ladysaotome September 13 2007, 15:11:04 UTC

I read a spoiler for the end of Why Why Love & am freaking out. I've only started #11 & am going to have to wait for 1) all subs to be released & 2) your posts to calm my nerves. :D

dangermousie September 14 2007, 03:18:50 UTC

Heeee. Happy ending, don't worry :) But yeah,before that I bawled like mad.

alexandral September 13 2007, 16:36:11 UTC

I haven't read the book because I am not sure I can - in the film the ending (which felt totally right) broke my heart to little pieces. So I can only speak of my perception of film Briony rather then the book Briony. I hated what she did but in a way her perception of the story is very in line with perception of someone of her age for me. We have an unspoken rule in our family - never ever show/do/say anything we don't want Sasha to hear when we are not 100% sure Sasha is not lurking somewhere around. Children (I am speaking of Sasha and a couple of other examples) in my observation tend to misunderstand and overdramatize things that they don't understand. So I am totally buying Briony's honest misunderstanding of situation ( ... )

dangermousie September 14 2007, 03:20:29 UTC

But Briony was 13, and at that age, you should know better.

In the book, it's never made clear when she realized she was wrong, but that is the thing: it didn't matter to me she didn't knowingly decide to ruin's someone's life. What matters is she did, because she was stupid and attention-seeking.